One of the ultimate goals of medieval alchemy has been realized, but only for a fraction of a second. Scientists with the ...

MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space— “free-range” particles never ...

If you are a sci-fi junkie you’ve probably wondered what would happen if you were unlucky enough to fall into a black hole.

Scientists have just snapped pictures of single atoms as they move around freely, capturing details once hidden from sight.

Insect legs are a lot like human legs. Some of the leg parts even have the same names–even though insects don’t have bones.

Large Hadron Collider have achieved the ancient dream of turning lead into gold through high-speed nuclear collisions — but ...

Soon after the Big Bang, powerful flares that came from magnetars, which are neutron stars with a strong magnetic field, […] ...

The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.